Posts Tagged ‘butler bulldogs’
Friday, March 22nd, 2013
After a respectable week, Team Canada finished the round robin in the Women’s World Curling Championship with a respectable 8-3 record. However, the three teams they lost to in the round robin (the United States, Scotland and Sweden) will be the three teams they will need to beat to win their first Women’s World Curling Championship since 2008.
Ontario’s Rachel Homan’s first test will be the United States (Saturday, 6:00 a.m.). If they win that game, they will have to play Scotland in the semi-final (Saturday, 11:00 a.m.) and then Sweden in the final (Sunday, 6:00 a.m.).
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Tags: arizona wildcats, butler bulldogs, calgary flames, Edmonton Oilers, gonzaga bulldgs, harvard crimson, iowa state cyclones, junior cadougan, Kelly Olynyk, kevin pangos, laurent rivard, March Madness, marquette golden eagles, melvin ejim, michigan wolverines, nik stauskas, ohio state buckeyes, rachel homan, st. louis blues, virginia commonwealth university rams, wichita state shockers, women's world curling championship
Posted in Amateur Sports, Curling, NHL, University Sports |
Monday, April 4th, 2011
Kemba Walker (Streeter Lecka, Getty Images)
The University of Connecticut Huskies are the 2011 March Madness Champions, or NCAA Basketball Champions after defeating the University of Butler Bulldogs 53-41 Monday night in Houston.
At the end of the day it could be considered one of the best defensive or worst offensive championship games in championship basketball history.
But did UConn win because of great defense or did Butler lose because their offense was simply and utterly deplorable?
Let’s take a look at the remarkable Husky defense first. The Huskies had 36 defensive rebounds to the Bulldogs 21. Sophomore center Alex Oriakhi had eleven rebounds and Kemba Walker had nine. The Huskies also had ten blocks and got a key steal and breakaway lay-up from Jeremy Lamb to put them up 31-26.
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Tags: adolph rupp, alex oriakhi, bobby knight, butler bulldogs, connecticut huskies, jeremy lamb, jim calhoun, john wooden, kemba walker, mike krzyzewski
Posted in Amateur Sports, University Sports |
Saturday, April 2nd, 2011
Shelvin Mack (Ronald Martinez, Getty Images)
A basketball powerhouse and a Cinderella squad have made it to the finals in NCAA Monday night.
The Butler Bulldogs knocked off the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams 70-62 today, while the University of Connecticut Huskies defeated the University of Kentucky Wildcats 56-55.
In watching the NCAA Basketball tournament critically, I think there are two major reasons why you see college basketball games have significantly fewer points than NBA games. The first is they playeight fewer minutes per game in the NCAA compared to the NBA, and the second reason is the 35 second game clock in the NCAA compared to the 24 second clock in the NBA. The majority of NCAA teams are a lot more methodical when they have the basketball, and wait longer for the perfect shot, rather than running up and down the court. This is just an observation.
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Tags: butler bulldogs, connecticut huskies, jay bilas, kentucky wildcats, shelvin mack, virginia commonwealth university rams
Posted in Amateur Sports, NBA, University Sports |
Monday, March 21st, 2011
Lindsay Ell (Bing Images)
The Sweet Sixteen was settled with March Madness last night, and unfortunately the three teams loaded with Canadian content were eliminated in round three. Texas, Syracuse and Gonzaga are all going home.
My heart goes out to Toronto freshman point guard Cory Joseph of the University of Texas Longhorns. I, like many of you, felt he called time out before the five second clock went off in referee Richard Cartmell’s head. Joseph was given a five-second violation, and Texas lost their lead and eventually the game, 70-69 to Arizona.
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Tags: anaheim ducks, butler bulldogs, calgary flames, corey perry, cory joseph, gonzaga bulldogs, henrik karlsson, jordan eberle, novak djokovic, pittsburgh panthers, RAFAEL NADAL, syracuse orange, teemu hartikainen, teemu selanne, texas longhorns, women's world curling championship
Posted in Amateur Sports, ATP World Tour, Curling, More, NHL, University Sports |
After a respectable week, Team Canada finished the round robin in the Women’s World Curling Championship with a respectable 8-3 record. However, the three teams they lost to in the round robin (the United States, Scotland and Sweden) will be the three teams they will need to beat to win their first Women’s World Curling Championship since 2008.
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